George Z. Gao
*** ****** **, 908-***-**** (M)
Westfield, NJ 07090 *************@*****.***
SUMMARY
• A seasoned software researcher with 15 years of experience in algorithm design and code implementation
at the areas of networks, security, database, image processing and video technology.
• Significant experience in full software development life cycle (SDLC) with strong problem solving skills
and critical and innovative thinking.
• Proficient in algorithm design, data structure, OOP, Java, C++, C and familiar with Perl, Python,
virtualization, cloud computing, large scale distributed computing, agile and scrum development
methodologies.
• High motivated, collaborative, detail and result oriented.
• Willing to expose to new fields and knowledge and always be a quick learner.
EXPERIENCE
• EMC
Senior Software Engineer (July 2006
present)
o Reviewing requirement docs such as PRD (Product Requirement Definition) and PDS (Product
Definition Specification) and providing feedbacks to the management team.
o Algorithm design and code development for MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) team, metro
Ethernet team and VDC (Virtual Data Center) team.
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
Research and Teaching Assistant (Aug. 2001 – June 2006)
o Researched and designed innovative intrusion defense, detection, and tracking mechanisms against
network attacks, and prototyped/simulated proposals with ns 2 and OPNET.
o Served as the network administrator of “computer network lab” for 3 years and enhanced network
security with access control list (ACL) and Cisco PIX firewall.
• Nanjing Linkage Technology Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China
Senior Software Engineer, group lead (Dec. 2000 – July 2001)
o Led and developed multimedia gateway subsystem using C++ for Telecom Integrated Service
Platform in Linux, which implemented H.323 and LDAP.
o Designed and implemented an algorithm to efficiently interoperate Microsoft proprietary
NetMeeting directory and LDAP directory.
• Nanjing University of Posts and Telecom, Nanjing, China
Assistant Professor (Aug. 1997 – July 2001)
o Researched optimized algorithm for MPEG encoder/decoder, Conditional Access (CA), and
conversion between system stream and transport stream.
o Designed and developed API for the JVC video server for hotel VoD (Video on Demand) system.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATE
• Ph.D., Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
• M.S., Image Processing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
• B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
• Certificate: CISSP